Obadiah 1
1 This is a message that Yahweh our God gave to me, Obadiah, about the Edom [people-group]. Yahweh our God has told me this about [the people of] Edom: “I, Yahweh, have sent a messenger to other nations, telling them to prepare to go and attack Edom.”
Visión de Abdías. Esto fue lo que el Señor dijo acerca de la tierra de Edom. Hemos escuchado del Señor que un mensajero ha sido enviado a las naciones. ¡Prepárense! ¡Vamos a la guerra contra Edom!
2 And Yahweh says this to the people of Edom: “I will soon cause you to become the weakest and most despised nation [on the earth].
Yo te haré insignificante entre las naciones y serás despreciado.
3 Your [capital city] is high in the rocky cliffs, and you are very proud; you think that you are safe from being attacked by your enemies [RHQ], but you [IDM] have deceived yourselves.
El orgullo de tu corazón te ha engañado, a ti que habitas seguro en una fortaleza de piedra sobre las altas montañas, y dices: “¿Quién podrá alguna vez derribarnos?”
4 And I tell you that even if [you had wings and] could fly higher than eagles fly, and if you could make your homes among the stars, I would bring you [crashing] down from there.
Pero aunque vueles como un águila, y aunque hicieras tu nido entre las estrellas, yo te derribaré de allí, dice el Señor.
5 When thieves break into someone’s house during the night, they certainly [RHQ] steal only the things that they want. And people who pick grapes always [RHQ] leave a few grapes on the vines. But your country will be completely destroyed!
¡Serás destruido por completo! Si los ladrones vinieran a ti, o los atracadores te acecharan de noche, ¿acaso no robarían solamente aquello que quieren? Y si los que cosechan uvas vinieran donde ti, ¿no te dejarían algunas?
6 Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
¡Pero cómo han saqueado a Esaú, y han robado sus tesoros escondidos!
7 All (your allies/nations who promised to help you) will turn against you, and they will force you to leave your country/land. Those with whom you have peace now will trick/deceive you and defeat you. Those who eat meals with you now are planning to trap you, and [then they will say to you], ‘You are not [RHQ] as clever [as you thought you were]!’
Todos tus aliados te empujarán y te sacarán de las fronteras de tu tierra. Los que estaban en paz contigo te engañarán, y te conquistarán. Los que comieron contigo te han tendido emboscada. ¡Estás confundido!
8 I, Yahweh, declare that at the time that I destroy Edom, I will punish the men who live in those cliffs who [thought that they] were wise.
Ese día, declara el Señor, destruiré a los hombres sabios de Edom, y no habrá mas sabiduría en los montes de Esaú.
9 The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
Temán, tus guerreros tendrán temor, y todos los que habitan en las montañas de Esaú serán destruidos en la masacre.
10 You acted cruel in a cruel way toward your relatives who are descendants of Jacob, [the twin brother of your ancestor Esau]. So now you will be disgraced forever; you will be completely destroyed.
Por causa de la violencia con la que has tratado a tus hermanos, los descendientes de Jacob, tendrás que avergonzarte de ti mismo y quedarás destruido para siempre.
11 Foreigners entered the gates of Jerusalem and (cast lots/threw small stones that were marked) to decide what valuable things they would take away; but you were as bad as those foreigners, because you just stood there [and did not help the Israelis].
Ese día te quedaste de pie a un lado, mientras un pueblo extraño robó su riqueza, los extranjeros entraron por sus puertas y se repartieron Jerusalén echando suertes, y tú actuaste como uno de ellos.
12 You should not have (gloated/been happy) about the disaster that the Israelis were experiencing. You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined. You should not have made fun [of them] when they were suffering.
No debiste alegrarte en el día del desastre de tu hermano. No debiste regocijarte en el día de la destrucción de los hijos de Judá. No debiste jactarte en el día de su angustia.
13 They are my people, so you should not have entered their [city] gates when they were experiencing those disasters and you should not have laughed at them. And you should not have taken away their [valuable] possessions.
No debiste marchar por las puertas de la ciudad de mi pueblo en el día del desastre. No debiste alegrarte por el mal que les sucedía en el día del desastre. No debiste haber robado su riqueza en el día de su desastre.
14 You should not have stood at crossroads to catch those who were [trying to] escape. You should not have [captured them and] put them into the hands of [their enemies] when they were experiencing those disasters.”
No debiste acecharlos en las encrucijadas y destruir a los que trataban de escapar. No debiste haber entregado a los que sobrevivieron en ese día de angustia.
15 “There will soon be the time when I, Yahweh, will judge [and punish] all the nations. And you [people of Edom] will experience the same [disasters] that you caused [others to experience]. The same evil things that you have done to others will happen to you.
Porque el día del Señor está cerca para todas las naciones. Lo que hagan, eso mismo harán con ustedes. Sus acciones se revertirán sobre sus propias cabezas.
16 [My people in Jerusalem have been punished] because I was very angry with them. [It is as though] [MET] they drank [a cup of very bitter liquid] on Zion, my sacred hill. But [I] will punish [MET] all the other nations even more severely, and cause them to disappear completely.
Porque así como ustedes bebieron en mi santo monte, todas las naciones beberán continuamente y tragarán, y serán como si nunca hubieran existido.
17 But some [people in Jerusalem will escape], and Jerusalem will become a very holy/sacred place. Then the descendants of Jacob will [conquer and] possess again the land that truly belongs to them.
Pero en el Monte de Sión habrá un lugar de escape, un lugar santo, y los descendientes de Jacob reclamarán su herencia.
18 The descendants [MTY] of Jacob and his son Joseph will be like [MET] a fire, and the people [MTY] of Edom will be like [MET] stubble that will be completely burned in that fire. Not one person will remain alive. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”
Los descendientes de Jacob se convertirán en fuego, y los descendientes de José se convertirán en una llama de fuego, y consumirán a los descendientes de Esaú como rastrojos, reduciéndolos a nada, y no quedará ni un solo sobreviviente de los descendientes de Esaú. Porque el Señor ha hablado.
19 The Israeli people [who live] in the southern desert are the ones who will capture Edom. And those [who live in] the western foothills will capture the Phoenicia [region] and the areas of Ephraim and Samaria. And people of the tribe of Benjamin will conquer the Gilead [region].
Los que habitan en el Neguev ocuparán las montañas de Esaú; los que habitan en el valle de Judá ocuparán la tierra de los filisteos, y poseerán los campos de Efraín y Samaria. Los de la tribu de Benjamín ocuparán la tierra de Galaad.
20 Those who were (exiled in/forced to go to) [Babylon] will [return to their land] [and] capture the Phoenicia [region] as far north as Zarephath [on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea]. People of Jerusalem who were captured and taken to Sardis, [the capital city of the Lydia region], will capture the towns in the southern desert.
El ejercito de los israelitas exiliados poseerán la tierra de los caananitas, hasta Sarepta; y los exiliados de Jerusalén que habitan en Sefarad poseerán las ciudades del Neguev.
21 The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
Los que han sido salvados subirán al monte de Sión y gobernarán las montañas de Esaú. Y el reino será del Señor.
